Oh The Places We’ll Go (Or Not)
Is it possible to find the apartment on the third day of apartment hunting? I mean, we’re not looking for something to rent. We’re looking for a place to buy. Which is a huge decision and I can’t help but thinking that you should spend months looking at places before you find the right thing. But then again, how can you tell that this is not the right place and that there is something better waiting for you, when it feels right and affordable at that? Because maybe it’s exactly the right thing, only you were lucky enough to find it right away.
The thing is, I really don’t know. I don’t know if I just want it to be the right place because I really don’t want to spend months looking and deciding and then looking and deciding again. While it is fun to look at apartments, it’s also nerve-wrecking and stressful.
I can only hope that we’re not jumping in too soon. We’ve been to five apartments now (actually a few more, but that was because there were several apartments for sale in the same house). One was amazingly pretty and big and right next to a bridge and therefore very noisy. The next was nice and big as well, but needed a lot of work. Then yesterday we looked at what might probably be the most beautiful apartment we’ll ever see, but it was a bit more than we wanted to pay and the neighborhood seemed suspicious enough to me. Then today we looked at the Apartment, and here’s the thing: It’s really nothing special. Which might be exactly what I like so much about it. It doesn’t have that one special something that makes it stand out from the rest. But still, it has everything we want, it’s big enough, we wouldn’t have to change a lot, it’s affordable, in a nice enough neighborhood and pretty close to where I work.
Because let’s face it: We’re looking for an apartment to buy in Düsseldorf, which is one of the most expensive cities in Germany. We’ll probably never find the apartment of our dreams in a price range that is acceptable for us. It’s just the question what we can do without.
I’ll keep you posted. We haven’t made a decision yet, and since we’re not in a rush, I’m not sure how long it will actually take.